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Virginia 2018 primary local race results

WASHINGTON — Along with races for the U.S. House and Senate, Virginia voters in the WTOP area cast primary ballots in local races in Alexandria and Arlington County Tuesday.

See results for those contested local Virginia races. All results are unofficial until certified.

* denotes incumbent

Arlington County Board Democratic primary

[All precincts reporting] 
Chanda Choun: 4,576 votes (39.29%)
>Matt de Ferranti: 7,070 votes (60.71%)

Alexandria mayoral Democratic primary

[All precincts reporting]
*Allison Silberberg: 10,031 votes (47.13%)
>Justin Wilson: 11,253 votes (52.87%)

Alexandria City Council Democratic primary — Pick 6

[All precincts reporting]
>Canek Aguirre: 8,920 votes (8.71%)
*Willie Bailey: 8,284 votes (8.09%)
>Elizabeth Bennett-Parker: 13,643 votes (13.32%)
>*John Taylor Chapman: 11,975 votes (11.69%)
Matt Feely: 7,674 votes (7.49%)
Dak Hardwick: 7,886 votes (7.7%)
Chris Hubbard: 3,736 votes (3.65%)
>Amy Jackson: 8,755 votes (8.55%)
>*Del Pepper: 8,903 votes (8.69%)
Robert Ray: 5,716 votes (5.58%)
>Mohamed “Mo” Seifeldein: 9,338 votes (9.11%)
*Paul C. Smedberg: 7,626 votes (7.44%)

Breaking the silence around suicide: A Virginia mother shares thoughts on prevention

September is Suicide Prevention Month, and Betsy Stephenson, an Alexandria, Virginia, resident and a mother who lost her son to suicide, wants people to talk about it. "By not talking about suicide, we are not going to make it go away. In fact, I think that we could inadvertently give it a little more power than it deserves," she told WTOP. One of the things that Stephenson wants families to know is that people who are struggling can appear to be doing well. "You can be very high-functioning as a depressed person or an anxious person," she said. "You can be connected socially. You can be doing well at school or work. You can be making plans, smiling, laughing, engaged, but still be struggling deeply, you know, cosmically, inside."
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